Jury selection is expected to start Thursday in the intoxication manslaughter trial of former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent.

Brent, 25, is accused of driving drunk and crashing his car in December 2012, which led to the death of his best friend and teammate, Jerry Brown Jr. Tests showed Brent had a blood-alcohol content of 0.18, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.

Update: The motion to suppress will be addressed at a Aug. 30 hearing before State District Judge Robert Burns. The hearing will also address other issued before the court in the Brent case leading up to the Sept. 23 trial.

Original post: Dallas County prosecutors, in a motion filed Thursday, rebuffed Josh Brent’s attorney’s argument that the former Dallas Cowboy’s blood was illegally taken in an intoxication manslaughter case.

Prosecutor Martin L. Peterson argued that Brent’s arguments do not apply to the Brent case. The filing says that Irving police were within the law to take a mandatory sample of Brent’s blood after he refused to comply with officers’ requests. They say the law does not require a warrant.

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Brent’s blood was taken by n “a warrantless, nonconsensual search” after the Dec. 8 crash, Brent’s attorney George Milner argued in a motion to suppress filed Tuesday. Brent’s trial on an intoxication manslaughter charge is set for Sept. 23.

Brent, 25, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.18 — more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 — on the night of the wreck on State Highway 114 that killed his passenger and former teammate Jerry Brown, Jr.

Brent played sparingly for the Cowboys for three seasons but retired the day before the beginning of this year’s training camp

State District Judge Robert Burns will rule on the motion. No date has been set for the hearing.

Troubled Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent is back out of jail less than two weeks after he returned to the county’s custody because of a failed drug test.

Brent was officially released from Dallas County jail at 10:21 a.m., according to Dallas County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carmen Castro.

A court order freed Brent, 25, who is charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 8, 2012, single-car wreck that killed teammate Jerry Brown. Authorities said Brent was driving and had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

Brent had been out on bond, but returned to jail June 27 after a June 19 drug test “indicated the presence of marijuana” in his system. A May test had shown the same result. His bond was declared insufficient.

George Milner, Brent’s attorney, said earlier this week he had planned to file a gag order against District Attorney Craig Watkins. Watkins had said during a radio interview that Brent’s drug and alcohol use had led to another person’s death and that he “needs to go to prison.”

Brent remains a member of the Cowboys’ roster. Training camp begins July 21.

A 51-year-old woman was arrested on an intoxication manslaughter charge after a man was fatally struck while crossing the freeway Saturday night in southeast Dallas, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Raul Reyna said.

Cynthia Graves is being held on a $50,000 bond.

Reyna said Freddie Chase, 45, had just left Neon Cowboy, a bar near Highway 175 and S. Masters Drive, when he tried to walk across the freeway around 11:30 p.m. He was hit by a car and killed.

Reyna said Graves stopped her car after the accident, but deputies administered tests and decided to take her into custody. The deputies also obtained a search warrant for a blood sample.

A Dallas County judge this morning decided to not revoke or increase the bond for Dallas Cowboys lineman Josh Brent after he was called into a hearing to answer allegations of repeatedly violating the terms of his bail.

As part of his release, Brent was ordered to wear a SCRAM ankle bracelet that monitors alcohol levels and ordered to maintain a curfew. The hearing included testimony from a bond supervisor, the CEO of Brent’s rehab center and a SCRAM device supervisor, who said Brent hasn’t logged his data 22 times, which makes monitoring difficult, but there were no signs of alcohol being detected or the device being tampered with.

As part of a new arrangement, the ankle monitor worn by Brent will randomly sample for alcohol and will also take a picture of his environment at the sampling time.

Original entry:Dallas Cowboys lineman Joshua Brent could be in trouble again. The Dallas County District Attorney’s office has filed a motion to revoke Brent’s bond on intoxication manslaughter charges, alleging that Brent violated his bond by either drinking alcohol or being around it.

Brent, 25, was indicted for a December drinking and driving one-car crash in Irving that left his best friend and fellow Cowboy, Jerry Brown Jr., dead. Brent, who was driving the car and had a reported blood alcohol level of .18 — more than twice the legal driving limit of .08 — was placed on $100,000 bond. He was also ordered not to drink or be around alcohol. A so-called SCRAM monitor measures whether Brent has been exposed to alcohol.

Dallas County First Assistant District Attorney Heath Harris on Thursday told Jennifer Emily, courthouse reporter for The Dallas Morning News, that the device shows that Brent has either been drinking alcohol or has been around it.

A hearing on the matter has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday at the Dallas County Criminal Courts building. Harris said that Brent will be brought before a judge who will either warn him or revoke his bond. Harris told Emily that Brent has already been reprimanded once for violating the terms of his bond.

Regardless of what happens Friday, Harris said that the district attorney’s office hopes to move forward with Brent’s case soon.

Original post: Arlington police arrested a man who they believe was driving while intoxicated when he crashed into another driver on Pioneer Parkway at Watson Road in east Arlington.

The victim, a man in his 60s, was transported to the Medical Center of Arlington, where he died, police said. His name will be released when his family has been notified, police said.

Officers responded to the scene about 10 p.m. Thursday. The suspected drunken driver, whose name has not yet been released, was eastbound on Pioneer when struck the victim’s vehicle as traveled through the intersection on northbound Watson, which serves as the access road to State Highway 360.

The suspect was arrested and taken to the Arlington City Jail. He faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter. KDFW (Channel 4) reports that a 24-pack of beer was found at the scene.

The nose tackle is charged with intoxication manslaughter in the death of his friend and teammate Jerry Brown Jr. on December 7 in Irving. Authorities said Brent’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

Channel 5 reports that Brent and and some teammates left Eddie V’s in Oak Lawn around 11:15 a.m. and then went on to Beamers Nightclub. Surveillance video shows Brent left the club around 2 a.m.

DART cameras show Brent’s four-door Mercedes S600, at 2:19 a.m. on Highway 114. According to reports, Brent could have been driving 134 mph at some points.

At 2:19 a.m., a 911 call was placed from the in-car phone. And shortly after, a passer-by called 911. Brown was pronounced dead shortly before 3 a.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Police say Brent lost control of his car and it flipped over when he hit a curb. The two players were not wearing seat belts, investigators determined.

Dallas Cowboys practice squad player Jerry Brown Jr.’s blood alcohol level was below the legal driving limit around the time he was killed last month in an Irving car wreck in which his best friend and teammate was driving, according to Brown’s autopsy report.

The report says Brown’s blood alcohol content was 0.079. The legal limit in Texas is 0.08. (Clarification: The reading directly from Brown’s blood was actually even lower, at 0.056. The 0.079 reading was from fluid in his eye, which is commonly taken during Dallas autopsies and is normally higher in blood alcohol content than the blood sample.)